Dynamics

Commissioned by a mechanical engineering firm for their new headquarters, I conceived of this sculpture as an evolving abstraction of fluid dynamics. At thirty-five feet in stature, the structure flows into the clerestory, drawing the eye up through the atrium stairs.

My contemporary aesthetic is informed by my practice in Architecture/Design, and my mind for Engineering, Mathematics, and Systems Sciences. ⁠

This confluence is evident in "Dynamics," the sculpture exploring thermodynamics and wave theory. The use of fine maple in such organic shapes locates the concept in simple comforts: the warmth of elemental coalescence in our one, wonderful world.  ⁠⁠

The mammoth size of this sculpture is an invitation to the viewer to suspend disbelief for a moment (How in the world... is this thing attached?), and contemplate, rather, its reason for being. "This was made for us, by a person who thought deeply about us, our theories, and our own deepest beliefs." The visual conversation between viewer and art is itself a complex system. ⁠